A few years back, there was some discussion on the list about using low-resource systems to provide services in areas with little infrastructure. While this...
Bob George
mailings02@...
Jun 1, 2004 8:35 pm
18960
... Very interesting, thank you. But the problem with areas of little infrastructure, is that quite often they have rugged terraine and forests. 802.11b is...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 1, 2004 9:42 pm
18961
An operating system specifically designed by an ISP for this purpose is at http://www.star-os.com/ they have many installations world-wide. Some folks I know...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 2, 2004 12:38 am
18962
... I was reminded of some of our exchanges early on, but also some with folks interested in working in Africa and other remote locales. The good news is the...
Bob George
mailings02@...
Jun 2, 2004 3:26 am
18963
Yeah, thanx for the links. One cited a 24db antenna. Doing that with a 100mhz Yagi would be a challenge. But- the people with cell phones tell me of dead air...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 2, 2004 3:58 pm
18964
Do you have any objective analysis for that last comment below or are you just offering a personal opinion? With your technical electronics background I would...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 2, 2004 5:39 pm
18965
is run a signal out a com port telling a tranceiver what frequencies to use. And take the I/O thru the sound ports, converting the audio signals into data. ...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 2, 2004 7:40 pm
18966
... Drive up US 65 from Little Rock to Branson. Halfway up, when you get to Leslie, if you still have a signal, hit the 'scan'. If it is on the FM band, it'll...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 2, 2004 11:33 pm
18967
... Day, what does this have to do with unlicensed products that exist, and can communicate at 11Mbps+ at distances over 10 miles *without* infringing on...
Bob George
mailings02@...
Jun 3, 2004 3:53 am
18968
... Sure. You push a character into the UART and tell it to send. Ok so far... It's digital data, so then what? Where's it go out that port? ... An interrupt...
Bob George
mailings02@...
Jun 3, 2004 4:21 am
18969
Day Brown has often approached FCC 802.1 regulations on this list with a "badges, we don't need no stinkin badges" attitude ... Hmm, wonder how well that would...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 3, 2004 4:24 am
18970
... I believe there are transmitter chips that will accept a 5vdc signal to set the output frequency. ... The only time the com port signal would be needed is...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 3, 2004 6:04 am
18971
... The FCC is not yet global. for one. For two, 802 is useless in many rural areas with steep and/or forested terrain. for three, the FCC dont really give a...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 3, 2004 6:48 am
18972
Re: DOS virus - Day I can assure you that there were many DOS viruses because we saw them on my clients PC's as well as our own when we ran the clients...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 3, 2004 5:16 pm
18973
Day: I'll say the same thing I said several years ago about your opinions on FCC frequency regulations. The FCC is part of a world-wide frequency allocation...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 3, 2004 5:27 pm
18974
Hi John, ... Are you saying that DOS isn't capable or running mission critical apps 24/7 without failure ? I'd certainly dispute that! Can't remember the last...
Lance Lyon
llyon@...
Jun 3, 2004 8:57 pm
18975
Lance: I don't have any problems with the capabilities of DOS. When the user keeps things in the context and environment that DOS was was originally designed...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 3, 2004 11:23 pm
18976
... Lance, this has been an ongoing theme on this list for years. Typically, someone will post a question or comment relating to Linux or some other non-DOS...
Bob George
mailings02@...
Jun 4, 2004 12:34 am
18977
There are a few guys I've worked with over the years who, no matter what the challenge, immediately start working on a technical solution without bothering to...
Bob George
mailings02@...
Jun 4, 2004 12:44 am
18978
Hello John, Thursday, June 3, 2004, 6:17:52 PM, you wrote: JO> I don't have any problems with the capabilities of DOS. When the user JO> keeps things in the...
Robert C Wittig
rwittig@...
Jun 4, 2004 1:02 am
18979
Hi John, ... It's connected to an ISDN unit, probably redials about once every 15 days (judging by the last time I looked at it's logs - about 3 months ago!)....
Lance Lyon
llyon@...
Jun 4, 2004 9:29 am
18980
2. News ******** Wi-Fi Router Integrated Onto SOC Broadcom Corp. just announced the release of a highly integrated Wi-Fi router processor, enabling...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 4, 2004 11:34 am
18981
Follow up on Bob's original posting is at http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20040603.html "June 3, 2004 Engines of Change By Robert X. Cringely ...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 4, 2004 2:42 pm
18982
... I marvel at the interpretation people put on what they see here. But you clearly have one point- 100% uptime with a communications tool. To risk uptime for...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 4, 2004 6:03 pm
18983
Unlicensed frequency spectrum, no matter what number you choose, is already busy from folks who have been DOING it for a LONG time. Check out what is truly...
John Oram
norami@...
Jun 4, 2004 6:25 pm
18984
... The only virus that I ever had to deal with was in the boot sector of an install CD. But even so, all it could do was make a copy of itself on another...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 4, 2004 7:10 pm
18985
... I recently learned that receiver sensitivity has been improved. I am now watching to see if anyone else had noticed, and tried to apply the technology to...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 4, 2004 7:15 pm
18986
... One of the ways the real world works is that it relies on bureacracies such as the FCC. One of the characteristics of buracracies is that they get more...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 4, 2004 7:41 pm
18987
... The Linksys is high frequency. wont do many of us rural users any good. Since we already have PCs with operating systems, why would we need anything more...
Day Brown
daybrown@...
Jun 4, 2004 8:46 pm
18988
... If your transmitter is no more than .25 watt, you dont *need* a license to use the FM, VHF, & UHF bands. And out where I live, there is *lots* of dead air....
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